| Beverley | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Beverley1983Constituency.svg) Beverley in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997 | |
| County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Haltemprice |
| Replaced by | Beverley and Holderness Haltemprice and Howden |
| 1950–1955 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Created from | Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire |
| Replaced by | Haltemprice and Howden |
| 1563–1869 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Yorkshire |
| Replaced by | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| 1295–1306 | |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Replaced by | Yorkshire |
Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for three periods. From medieval times until 1869 it was a parliamentary borough consisting of a limited electorate of property owners of its early designated borders within the market town of Beverley, which returned (elected) two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English and Welsh-turned-UK Parliament during that period (sometimes called burgesses).
A form of a Beverley seat was revived for a single-member county constituency created in 1950, abolished in 1955, and similarly between the 1983 and 1992 general elections inclusive after which the area was largely incorporated into one 1997-created seat Beverley and Holderness; the remainder of the seat contributed to two other late 20th century-created seats.